Dividing Fractions Day one

Mr. Turner bought a packet of corn flakes for his kids. The packet of cornflake is 1/5 of a pound. He puts the cornflakes in two jars in equal amounts. What is the weight of each jar? 

• 1/10
• 1/6 
• 10

My aunt uses 2 bags of sugar every day for preparing lime juice for her son. For how much of the day will 1/3 of a bag of sugar last? 

• 8 days
• 6 days 
• 1/6 days 

1/2  ÷  2

• 1
• 1/4
• 1/3
• 4

There is 1/3 of a pan of brownies left.  Four children are going to share it equally.  What fraction of the whole pan of brownies will each child get?

• 7
• 1/12
• 1/7
• 12

Two friends share 1/2 of a pineapple equally. What fraction of a whole pineapple does each friend get?

• 4

• 1/4

• 8

• 1/8

Billy, Jean, and Sarah have 1/6 of a mile to run in a race. They are each going to run equal parts. How much is each friend going to run?

• 1/6 mile

• 1/18 mile

• 1/2 mile

• 1 mile

A pet store had 4 cats to feed. If they only had one-fifth of a bag of cat food and each cat got the same abount, what fraction of the bag would each cat get?

• 20

• 1 / 20

• 4 / 5

• 5 / 4

A moving company had one-sixth of a ton of weight to move across town. If they wanted to split it equally amongst 4 trips, how much weight would they have on each trip?

• 4 / 6

• 24

• 1 / 24

• 6 / 4

Veronica is making dressess for her dolls.  She purchased 32 yards of fabric.  Each dress needs 1/4 of a yard of fabric.  How many dresses can she make?

• 128
• 32
• 8
• 4

A lawn mowing company had to mow one-ninth of a mile of grass. To make it quicker, they split the amount evenly between 8 workers. What fraction of the mile did each person mow?

• 72

• 8/9

• 1 / 72